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Joint Training with Fire Department at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, Drawing Lessons From Fire 8 Years Ago: "Staff change... Repeated Checks Are Necessary" Niigata
On September 4th, a joint drill between Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the fire department was held at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, simulating a fire. In November 2018, a fire broke out in an underground tunnel within the TEPCO Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant premises, burning electrical cables. In that fire, TEPCO's self-defense fire brigade, due to insufficient information sharing, mistakenly directed firefighte…
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On September 4th, a joint drill between Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the fire department was held at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, simulating a fire. In November 2018, a fire broke out in an underground tunnel within the TEPCO Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant premises, burning electrical cables. In that fire, TEPCO's self-defense fire brigade, due to insufficient information sharing, mistakenly directed firefighte…